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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457071803321

Titolo

Shared histories : a Palestinian-Israeli dialogue / / editors, Paul Scham, Walid Salem, Benjamin Pogrund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-42020-1

1-315-42021-X

1-59874-738-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PogrundBenjamin

SalemWalid

SchamPaul

Disciplina

956.94

Soggetti

Arab-Israeli conflict - Historiography

Palestinian Arabs - Historiography

Electronic books.

Israel Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Originally published by the Palestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy & Community Development (Panorama) and the Yakar Center for Social Concern, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Napoleon to Allenby: Processes of change in Palestine, 1800-1918; 2 The beginnings of Jewish settlement and Zionism, to World War I; 3 The Palestinian national movement, 1919-1939; 4 The Holocaust, the establishment of Israel, and the shaping of Israeli society; 5 The UN resolution of 1948: Why wasn't it implemented?; 6 Israeli historiography of the 1948 War; 7 Holiness and conflict in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Glossary; Map of Israeli/Palestinian Partitions; For Further Reading; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

There is no single history of the development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Israeli historical narrative speaks of Zionism as the Jewish national movement, of building a refuge from persecution, and of national regeneration. The Palestinian narrative speaks of invasion,



expulsion, and oppression. Its no wonder peace remains elusive. This volume attempts to present both histories with parallel narratives of key points in the 19th and 20th centuries to 1948. The histories are presented by fourteen Israeli and Palestinian experts, joined by other historians, journalists, and activ